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Patented Aug. 15,1911.

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WATER CARRIER.

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APPLIOATION FILED 00T.11, 1910.

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Y. E' l IRA EMERSON OFFUTT, OF WI-IlTNEY, TEXAS.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 15, 1911.

To all whom it may cof/wam.'

Be it known that I, TRAE. OFFUTT, a citizen of the United States,residing at Whitney, in the county of Hill and State of Texas, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Water-Carriers, of whichthe following is a specilication, reference being had therein to theaccompanying drawing.

This invention relates to conveyers and the principal object of the sameis to produce a device so that a person can attach a bucket to theconveyer and by turning a crank send the bucket to a well and afterlilling the bucket with water bring it back to the house. This would bevery convenient for a person whose well is a long distance from thehouse.

This invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings wherein:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the conveyer as it would appear whencarrying a bucket, Fig. 2- is an enlarged View of the carriage. Fig. 3is a view similar to Fig. 2 but is taken from the opposite side and hasa portion broken away to show the interior parts. Fig. 4 is an end viewof the carriage looking from the rear end. Fig. 5 is a view of the postat the house end of the line. Fig. 6 is an enlarged view of the ropeengaging arm. Fig. 7 is a perspective View of the bucket guideshowingthe same as it would appear when removed from the carriage. i

In the accompanying drawings the numerals 1 and 2 indicate the postswhich are placed at the well and house ends of the line respectively.The posts are held in place by the blocks 3 and the rods 4 and areconnected by a wire cable 5 which carries the principal part of theweight of the bucket. Each of the posts is provided with a bracket 6 inwhich a pulley wheel 7 or 8 is mounted, the pulley wheel at the houseend of the line being provided with an operating crank 9. The pulleysare connected. by a cable 10, the ends of which are secured to a hangerbracket 11 carried upon the cable 5. The bracket 11 is formed from astrip of metal and has its upper portion bent to form a housing.12 inwhich a pulley 13 is mounted. The lower portion of the bracket is splitlongitudinally to provide a pair of arms 14 to which the ends of the Jropes 10 are secured.

The carriage 15 comprises a U-shaped hanger bracket 16 the arms of whichare bent to form pulley housings 17 for the pulleys 18 which rest uponthe cable 5.v A pair of side members 19 and 20 are secured to the lowerportion Yof the bracket 16, the member 20` being curved to one side asshown at 21 to hold the member in spaced relation to the member 19. Theside members 19 and 2O are braced by means of the bracing rods 22 and 23which also serve another function which will be brought out hereinafter.A bucket guide 24 is rigidly secured to the central portion of thecarriage. From an inspection of Fig. 7 it will be seen that the guide isformed from a solid piece of material which is split longitudinally fromboth directions.` The guide is spread apart in one direction to form anopening through which the side members 19 and 20 pass. The upper portionof the guide is formed into a housing for a pulley wheel 25.. The ylowerportion of the guide is spread to form a pair of guiding lingers 26 and27 the faces of the lingers being curved to guide the 'bucket bail. Acatch is formed from a piece of metal, the rear portion of which islongitudinally split to form a pair of spaced apart arms 28, the upperarm being bent down to bring it in the same plane as the other of saidarms as clearly shown in Fig. 3.

The catch is pivotally mounted between i the side members 19 and 20 upona pivot pin 28a, located just forward of the guide 24. The catch passesbetween the bracing rods 22 and 23 so as to limit its upward anddownward movement and is provided at its forward end with a cam surface29 leading to a notch 30. A bucket engaging hook 31 is pivotally mountedbetween the arms 28 to the rear of the pivot pin 28a. The free end ofthe hook comes between the lingers of the guide 24 and is provided witha cam surface 31a which causes it to swing rearwardly when brought intocontact with the bucket bail. The end of the hook projects to the rearof the guide and by coming in contact with the linger 27 keeps the hookfrom swinging too far forward.

A bracket 32 is rigidly secured to the forward arm of the side member19. The upper portion is provided with a forwardly projecting arm 32aand the lower portion is bent up to form a housing 33 through which thecable 1() passes. A curved clutch 34 is pivotally mounted upon the arm32EL and has depending therefrom two arms 35 and 36. The arm 36 isprovided with a curved lower end 37 which enters the housing `33 and isprovided upon its under surface with a roughened portion 3S whichengages the cable 10. The arm 35 forms a handle by means of which theclutch can be brought into contact with the cable 10.

A strip of metal 39 is secured vto the post at the well end of the line.The strip 1s split longitudinally at its lower portion to form a pair ofarms 40 and 41 which extend out from the post.4 The arm 40 extends toone side of the post and is positioned at such a height as to be engagedby the catch. The arm 41 extends out from the post and 1s then bent atright angles tov form an abutment trip 42 which engages the handle 35and releases the clutch from the cable 10.

A cable 43 is secured to the arm 14 nearest the carriage and is thencarried over the pulley 25 and down between the fingers 26 and 27 whereit is secured to t-he bail of a bucket 44 in a suitable manner. Thecable 43 is approximately the same length as the distance between thecarriage and the bottom of the well.

The operation of the device is as follows: The posts are firmly driveninto the ground, one near the house and the other on the far side of thewell and are connected by the tightly stretched cable 5. The cable 10 isnow passed around the pulleys 7 8 and stretched tight, the ends beingsecured to the arms 14 of the hanger bracket 11 suspended from the cable5. The cable 43 is secured to one of the arms 14 and passed over thepulley 25 carried by the carriage 15 which is mounted upon the cable 5and the bucket 44 secured to the end of the cable. The bracket 11 is nowdrawn to the house end of' the line and the carriage drawn along thecable until the bucket comes between the guiding lingers, but not farenough to cause it'to be engaged b-y the hook. The carriage is nowlocked to the cable 10 by means of the clutch 34 which prevents thebracket from advancing toward the carriage, as the crank 9 is turned,which would permit the bucket to drop to the grou-nd. The crank is nowturned and the carriage taken to the well where the catch rides over thearm 40 and engages the same by its notch 30 thus making it impossiblefor the carriage to return. At the same time the trip 42 releases theclutch from the cable and permits the hanger bracket 11 to advancetoward the well thus permitting the bucket to drop down into the well.The crank is now turned in the opposite direction which draws the bucket(now full of water) from the well. wWhen the bucket reaches the top itstrikes the guiding fingers which guide the bail upward until'it isengaged by the hook 31. When the hook engages the bail the weight of thebucket rocks riage can now be drawn to the house where the bucket can beremoved from the hook and the water emptied.

This device will save a great deal of time and labor as water can beobtained from a distant well without havin@ to leave the house or tocarry the heavy bucket of water from the well.

What I claim as new is 1. A conveyer comprising a suspension cable, aconveying cable, a bracket secured to said conveying cable and suspendedfrom said suspension cable, a carriage carried by said suspension cable,means carried by said carriagerfor engaging said conveying cable, acatch mounted upon said carriage, a bucket suspending cable attached tosaid bracket and passing through said carriage, and means for engagingsaid catch and releasing said cable engaging means.

2. A conveyer comprising a suspension cab-le, a conveying cable, acarriage carried upon said suspension cable and engaging said conveyingcable, a bucket carrying cable passing through said carriage and securedto said conveying cable, and means for releasing said carriage from saidconveying cable.

3. A conveyer comprising a suspension cable, a conveying cable, meansfor suspending said conveying cable from said suspension cable, acarriage slidably mounted upon said suspension cable, a bucket carryingcable passing through said carriage and secured to said cable suspendingmeans, a catch for holding said carriage at one end of said suspensioncable, and a hook for carrying said bucket and releasing said catch.

4. A conveyer comprising a suspension cable, a conveying cable, abracket connecting said conveying cable to said suspe sion cable andslidably mounted thereon, a carriage mounted upon said suspension cable,a bucket carrying rope passing through said carriage and attached tosaid bracket, a clutch carried by said carriage and holding the same inspaced relation to said bracket, and means for releasing said clutch.

5. A conveyer comprising a suspension cable, a conveying cable, abracket connecting theends of said conveying cable and supporting thesame from said suspension cable, a carriage mounted upon said suspensioncable, and a bucket carrying cable passing through said carriage andsecured to said bracket.

6. A conveyer comprising a suspension cable, a conveying cable, acarriage mounted upon said suspension cable, a catch pivotally connectedto said carriage, a hook suspended from the inner end of said catch, aguide for directing a bucket bail to said hook, ya clutch engaging saidconveying cable, and means for engaging said catch and releasing saidclutch.

7. A conveyer comprising a suspension cable, a conveying cable, abracket connecting the ends of said conveying cable and slidably mountedupon said suspension cable, a carriage mounted upon said suspensioncable, a bucket engaging hook carried by said carriage, a guidingmember, the lower por tion of said guiding member formed into guidingfingers leading to said hook, the upper portion formed into a housingfor a pulley, and a bucket carrying cable passing between said fingersand over said pulley, and secured to said bracket.

S. A conveyer comprising a suspension cable, a conveying cable, abracket formed of a strip of metal bent near one end to form a pulleyhousing, a pulley in said housing, the other end of said strip splitlongitudinally and the arms formed thereby bent to each side, and saidconveying cable secured thereto, a carriage mounted upon said suspensioncable, a pulley mounted within said carriage, and a bucket carryingcable passed over said carriage pulley and secured to one of the arms ofthe bracket.

9. A conveyer comprising a suspension cable, a conveying cable, abracket suspending said conveying cable from said suspension cable, acarriage, said carriage comprising a i hanger bracket, a pair of spacedapart side members secured to said bracket, a catch pivotally mountedbetween said side members, rods bracing said side members and limitingthe upward and downward movement of said catch, a clutch, catch engagingand clutch releasing means, and bucket carrying and catch releasingmeans carried by the inner end of said catch.

10. A conveyer comprising a suspension cable, conveying cable, acarriage, said carriage comprising a hanger bracket, a pair of spacedapart side members, a catch pivotally mounted between said side members,the inner portion of said catch being split longitudinally and the armsformed thereby bent parallel to each other, and a hook suspended betweensaid arm for carrying a bucket and releasing said latch.

11. A conveyer' comprising a suspension cable, a conveying cable, abracket connecting said cables, a carriage comprising a hanger bracket,side members secured to said hanger bracket, a catch pivotally mountedbetween said side members, a hook carried Y by said catch, a guideformed Jfrom a single piece of metal split longitudinally in twodirections, said piece being spread in one direction to permit thepassage of said side members, the upper portion of said piece beingformed into a housing for a pulley, the lower portion of Said piecebeing spread to form a pair of air guiding fingers leading to said hook,and a rope passing lyetween said lingers and over said pulleyI andsecured to said bracket.

12. A conveyer comprising a suspension cable, a conveying cable, acarriage mounted upon said suspension cable, bucket carrying meanscarried by said carriage, a clutch engaging said conveying cable, saidclutch comprising an angle bracket, the lower portion of said bracketbent to form a housing, a clutch pivotally connected to the upperportion of said bracket, one arm of said clutch forming a handle, theother arm being bent and roughened to form a gripping shoe entering saidhousing, and means for automatically releasing said clutch from saidconveying cable.

13. A conveyer comprising end posts, a suspension cable, a conveyingcable, a carriage, a catch carried by said carriage, a clutch carried bysaid carriage, a strip of metal secured to one of said posts the lowerportion of said strip being split to Jform a pair of arms, one-of saidarms bent to one side to engage said catch, and the other arm broughtforward and bent to one side to form an abutment trip to release saidclutch.-

14. A conveyer com rising a pair of end posts, a suspension caible, apulley secured to each of said post-s, a crank for one of said pulleys,an endless conveying cable passed around said pulleys, a bracket securedto said conveying cable and slidably mounted upon said suspension cable,a carriage, a bucket carrying cable passing through said carriage andsecured to said bracket, a catch carried by said carriage, a clutchcarried by said carriage, and means carried by one of said posts forengaging said catch and releasing said clutch.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aiiix my signature in presence of twowitnesses.

IRA EMERSON OFFUTT.

Witnesses:

R. C. FEAGIN, J. N. COLLIE.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents.

Washington, D. C.

